government official; public official
Archaic term for a low- to mid-ranking government official in historical contexts. In modern Japanese, it appears mainly in historical texts or set expressions like 官吏 (かんり).
The government officials of the Edo period had different roles from modern civil servants.
government official; public servant; civil servant
lower official; petty official
constable; policeman
petty official; low-ranking bureaucrat
local government official
Archaic kanji for a government official; rarely used independently in modern Japanese.
The kanji 吏 originally referred to a minor official in ancient China. In Japanese, it was used historically for government clerks and low-ranking officials, but the standalone word is now archaic.